Thursday 10 January 2013 at 12:00 am - MONTHLY MEETING - Movie: Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegeny Observatory - What's Up in the Night Sky
Posted by: Michael Cook Category: Monthly Meetings Contact: draa-vicepresident@drastronomy.com
When: Thursday 10 January 2013 at 12:00 am Ends: Thursday 10 January 2013 at 02:00 am
Location: Whitby Library - Central Branch Meeting Room 1 A/B 405 Dundas Street West Whitby, Ontario
January 2013 Monthly Meeting Agenda
Movie Presentation Undaunted, The Forgotten Giants of the Allegeny Observatory
Video documentary of the inspirational stories of the people who changed our technology and our understanding of physics and astronomy despite enduring enormous hardships and catastrophic setbacks. The film is narrated by film, television, and stage actor David Conrad (Ghost Whisperer, Relativity, Roswell, Men of Honor, Wedding Crashers) and features interviews with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (American Museum of Natural History) and Senior Curator of Aviation, Dr. Tom Crouch (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum).
What's Up in the Night Sky Presented by Jeff Dutton
This month's What's Up takes us on a tour of celestial objects well placed for viewing between the January and February meetings.
The Whitby Central Library is on the south side of Dundas St at Henry St.
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